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2026 9

  1. Marketing+2Sep 8, 2026•11 min readI've made $3M with my 36 startupsMy 10-year solopreneur story.Marc Lou
  2. Mindset | Just Ship It
  3. Marketing | Just Ship It
  4. Personal | Just Ship It
  5. Sep 1, 2026•3 min read I vibe-coded $330K in 9 monthsAnd had no idea where I was going all along.Marc Lou
  6. Jun 9, 2026•4 min read31 Principles of a Viral ProductWhat I’ve learned from 5 years of building startups in public, watching hundreds of launches make $0, and a few reach millions of people.Marc Lou
  7. Marketing+1Mar 10, 2026•8 min readI grew a SaaS to $1MIt took 512 days. Here are 3 lessons I wish I knew earlier.Marc Lou
  8. Product | Just Ship It
  9. PersonalJan 4, 2026•7 min readI made $1,032,000 in 2025A recap of 2025 as an entrepreneurMarc Lou

2025 14

  1. Marketing+2Nov 15, 2025•5 min readI made an app in 24 hours and $20,378 the next dayThe mini-story behind my recent viral startupMarc Lou
  2. Mindset+1Oct 11, 2025•5 min readI’ve been a loser most of my lifeThe wind only blew in the right direction after 28 years of failuresMarc Lou
  3. Marketing+1Sep 13, 2025•6 min readHow I grew my SaaS to $5K MRR6 lessons I wish I knew earlier.Marc Lou
  4. MindsetSep 6, 2025•3 min readScratch your own itchStop chasing “smart” ideas. Follow your curiosity.Marc Lou
  5. 200k followers, $5K MRR, 5.6% body fat
  6. Dreamers vs. Builders
  7. You're already in the top 0.1%
  8. Onboarding is killing your SaaS
  9. Launch your startup 100 times
  10. You’re working too hard on the wrong thing
  11. The Clickbait Landing Page
  12. Watch more ads
  13. Why nobody is following you (yet)
  14. Audience | Just Ship It

2024 24

  1. How I would learn to code in 2025 (if I could start over)
  2. Ditch your subscription
  3. I Made $1M as a Solopreneur
  4. Noah Kagan texted me, haters, broken boards.
  5. UI/UX spacing design tips to sell your micro SaaS
  6. Design | Just Ship It
  7. UI/UX tips to design text paragraphs to sell your micro SaaS
  8. UI/UX tips to design beautiful headlines to sell your micro SaaS
  9. Design beautiful websites to sell your micro SaaS
  10. I built micro startups for 900 days without quitting
  11. Audience+1Apr 6, 2024•4 min readHow to get your 1st customerIf you have 0 audience and $0 for marketing, here are 4 marketing strategies I used to get customers for all my startups.Marc Lou
  12. How to Grow a Micro Startup With Programmatic SEO
  13. I earn $52,600/month with this simple tech stack
  14. Why you won’t find good startup ideas
  15. I outsmart myself to be productive
  16. I built a micro SaaS startup in 31 hours
  17. I made $250,000 selling JavaScript
  18. How I built 21 products in 2 years
  19. Rewriting 3 tweets
  20. Make catchy screenshots to grow on X
  21. How to launch a startup on Product Hunt
  22. How to get customers with free tool marketing
  23. 3 Alternatives to Free Plans for Solopreneurs
  24. 7 lessons from building 9 startups as a solopreneur

2023 17

  1. My solopreneur story: $0 to $65,000/month in 2 years
  2. Solopreneur Rollercoaster: From $1 to overcoming depression
  3. My first $1 online as as solopreneur
  4. How to get 1,000 followers on 𝕏
  5. Why free plans are bad from micro SaaS
  6. 5 Stripe Chargeback Protection Tips to Avoid Getting Banned
  7. Build your micro SaaS in 24 hours
  8. How to name a startup
  9. How to launch a startup on Hacker News
  10. How to sell your micro startup as a solopreneur
  11. How to make a logo in minutes without design skills
  12. How to write a landing page that sells
  13. How To Launch a Startup on Reddit
  14. How to grow on X?
  15. How to validate a startup idea
  16. How to get unlimited startup ideas
  17. $6,000 of profit in 48 hours